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Texas' unique power grid was on full display when it failed in February 2021, leaving millions of Texans without power for several days during a winter storm.
And then once again in the summer of 2023, as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued regular pleas to Texas residents to conserve energy to avoid blackouts.
After another summer of unusually scorching weather, some Texas Democrats say it's time for the government to protect workers toiling in extreme heat.
WASHINGTON — Austin Democratic U.S. Rep. Greg Casar joined acting Labor Secretary Julie Su on a video news call Thursday to push for a federal heat standard to ensure outdoor workers get periodic breaks for water and rest.
A progressive congressional delegation has just returned from a historic trip to Latin America, where they met with three recently elected left-wing administrations in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia. Organized by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and led by Rep.
A congressional delegation of progressives will visit Latin America next week for what they stress is a “different” kind of visit — one focused on shared challenges, ideological kinship and transnational movements.
SAN ANTONIO — According to a bipartisan group of Texas U.S. representatives, letter carriers in San Antonio are working during the state’s blistering heat wave without the bottled water they used to receive.
Amid an oppressive summer, U.S. Rep. Greg Casar is calling on the federal government to enact stricter protections for workers to ensure they don’t suffer heat-related illness on the job.
VIA Metropolitan Transit has been awarded more than $3 million from the Federal Transit Administration under its Low or No Emission Vehicle Program. The grant will fund the replacement of 15 gasoline-powered paratransit vehicles with low-emission propane-powered vans.
ELGIN, Texas — Just a few minutes outside major cities, farming is big business across Texas.
It’s also a huge topic in Washington D.C.
U.S. Representative Greg Casar, D-Texas, visited Central Texas farms to get insight into how they help local communities.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Greg Casar, D-Austin, helped lead progressives Wednesday in promoting federal legislation they say would bring more humanity to the country’s treatment of immigrants and push back on Republican efforts to have state and local authorities — or even everyday citizens — assume the role of immigration law enforcers.